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Google Maps 8-bit for NES

It's that time of year again folks, Google have put something together which should please every single Nintendo Life reader - Google Maps for NES.

Google Maps is now available for 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment Systems (NES). Availability in Google Store is TBD but you can try it on your browser by going to http://maps.google.com and clicking "Quest" in the upper right hand corner of the map.

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@ Shadow100 Probably because the whole concept is from Dragon Quest. The tiles and music are all from Dragon Quest on the NES and the logo is as such as well.Looking at Tatsuo's desk it's obvious where the Dragon Quest love is coming from :3

@Shadow100: If you look in the bottom-right of the map when in Quest view, you'll notice that Square-Enix ismentioned in the copyright. Looks like the two got together to make this; or at least Squenix allowed Google to use their assets.

The amount of work that had to have been put into this is just amazing, but they obviously had fun with it. As I zoomed in on my area, I actually started to recognize locations. That's not exactly easy to pull off in Dragon Quest graphics.

**Checks out Google Maps.**Oh my God, it's real!! Not the Famicom disc, but there really is an 8-bit mode on the website when you click on Quest! I know it's meant as a joke but I hope they keep it for at least a while.

@Hyperstar96 Ignorance much? All of the references are to Dragon Quest. Why you thought it was referring to Dungeons & Dragons, I don't know. Talk about calling the kettle black. You as a gamer are no less of a geek than somebody who plays Dungeons & Dragons.